Boxed in

I hope your week is turning into a good one and you are all well on the way to being prepared if you are celebrating Christmas. As I think I have mentioned before we are spending Christmas Day at my in-laws house and this year, once again, I have the job of creating table gifts for the guests. Last year I made a different style box for each person mainly with the enormous help of Martha Stewart! I foolishly forgot to take a photograph of them last year and still get annoyed at myself when I think about it. They included things like a mini Egyptian tomb for a nephew who got a Playmobil mummy figure inside or a wrapped parcel for the men complete with stamps and a slice of cake box for my sister in law.

When I offered to do the same again this year I decided to make them all a similar style. Last year I had spent far too long making the boxes and if I remember correctly I was still making them on Christmas Eve so I decided this year to cheat a little and buy the boxes to use as a base. I cannot tell you what is inside but these are what I came up with for the outside:

The men have mini-ties and collars on the gold boxes.

The ladies have a pretty ribbon with some buttons (see I said I would use them lots). I wasn't sure whether to add a gift tag or not but then thought about adding the card name on top. Marta (this wonderful woman is one of my biggest sources of inspiration I swear) inspired me to attack the glitter!

The children's boxes were turned into little reindeers complete with a shiny red nose and a tiny ribbon if it was a girl.

We only have something little inside with a value of about £5 and then some chocolates but it adds a little extra to the table decorations too. I know I have read that a few of you are making your own crackers this year and would love to hear if anyone else has table gifts as part of their Christmas dinner too.